Gabriels High School - Trumpet Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSIO The underclassmen complete their Day of Recollection by receiving Communion at the closing Mass. A retreat is a vital part of a Catholic student's education to fulfill his future role. Sister Cathrine Loyola represents the Religion faculty in her encouragement of spontaneous contributions to the Religion classes. Topics range widely throughout the year. This year the students of Msgr. John A. Gabriels High School experienced a revolutionary change in their religion department. In an effort to instill into the students an idea of religion as a way of life we have tried to participate in this Christian living as well as we could. Freedom of expression were the key words in class and Christianity to the world was our aim. It began with the underclassmen Day of Recollection here at school. The day consisted of conferences and dis- cussions, prayer and the sacraments and ended witha Mass aimed at our high and full participation. The Seniors came back from Battle Creek bursting with energy after having experienced a unique encounter with Christ as a brother and a friend. At T.EI.C., they picked upa spirit of selfless- ness and love which they have tried to spread throughout the school. Religion, as a subject, has also undergone a change. The Seniors discarded the traditional religion book in favor of a more challenging course. Gabriels students have come to realize through their courses that religion is more than a subject. It is a way of life. In order that Gabriels' students become acutely aware of the fact that Religion is away of life-not just another sub- ject, active participation is encouraged.

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John McElheron and Linda Linn set up their own Physics lab in the basement where they try to find the gravity of Lansing. NTHE BE T PART QF A HUMA BET G I THE INNGCE T PART THAT EE THI GS WITH WO DER In our ever changing world, Science has become a more and more perplexing and entailed study. Many chal- lenges are brought to the student which prepare him to find a place in the society of the modern world. Earth Science is offered to the freshmen by Sr. John Martin. Sophomores are instructed in Modern Biology by Sr. Margaret Thomas and Mr. Brooks. Chemistry and Physics are presented to upperclassmen by Sr. John Michael. Essential knowledge is gained through the Sciences. From them we learn such things as the make-up of plant and animal life, the cave man and where he lived, the structure of the earth and the solar system in which it revolves, Newton's laws, and Vander Waal's forces. The science department is competently covered by fm the instruction of Sr. Margaret Thomas and Sr. John WMM Michael. Zag, WW 12